Dr. Pedro Loureiro

Biography

Pedro Mendes Loureiro is an Associate Professor of Latin American Studies at the Centre of Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge. His research primarily focuses on political economy, emphasizing the intersection of inequality and development strategies in Latin America. He leads a collaborative project investigating mass incarceration in Brazil, particularly examining the surge in prison populations from 90,000 to 900,000 in 30 years and the socio-economic factors contributing to this crisis. Loureiro developed the Multidimensional Inequality Framework (MIF) alongside colleagues from the London School of Economics and Oxfam. This framework aims to inform policies that effectively tackle multidimensional inequalities. He teaches various undergraduate and postgraduate courses related to human, social, and political sciences, including comparative politics and Latin American politics. His work integrates theoretical perspectives on inequality measurement and has been published across numerous academic platforms. He is also interested in supervising PhD students within the realm of political economy, specifically concerning issues of inequality, capital accumulation, and state forms in Latin America.

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